Heartmender
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Publisher Description
In the land of Barracks, the economy thrives on the barter of their citizens' most precious commodity—a human heart. Each year, the Heart Reign festival is thrown for those who have become of age to trade their heart for their deepest desires. And this year is Adelaide Tye's year to trade.
After despising Heart Reign for years, Addie endures her Extraction and discovers that her heart isn't gray and dying, like all other hearts in Barracks, but bright red, alive, and teeming with power.
With a warning from the extractor of hearts, Addie rushes through Heart Reign to make her choice—trade her heart to Schism, the monster who took her brother years before, or go in search of the Mender—a mythical man said to purify hearts and save her own heart. Either decision will rip her away from the one man who has always been by her side.
Knowing there is only one real choice to make, Addie jumps through Schism's red door and is thrust into a dark and dangerous realm where she is faced with making a trade she may not survive.
For fans of Stephanie Garber's Caraval and ABC's Once Upon a Time.
Customer Reviews
A Must Read & Personal Favorite of 2019!
don't read Christian fiction much anymore, but when I do, I'm always reminded why it was exclusively all I read ten plus years ago (and why I love it).
This book may not be considered "Christian fiction." However, the allegory woven through Heartmender is one that inspires and encourages as the Christian novels I use to read.
So many different things I could say, but I'll focus on one.
We are never alone.
Regardless of what kind of choice we make (or don't make), as a Christian, I know without a shadow of doubt, Jesus is with me. Though Addie's story is only fictional, her journey testifies to that there are forces of light and darkness around us. That we can choose to be "mended" by someone greater than us and who loves and cares for us.
The choice we make to serve either one will reflect our inner hearts, actions, and thoughts.
Her beginning journey might have been full of uncertainty, fear, and doubt, but she becomes a character that I aspire to be in real life.
Brave, loyal, and trusting in faith.
I'm so excited for this story to be out in the hands of readers because I believe that regardless of a reader's view or perspective of faith, I think this story can be appreciated as a worthy fantasy and encourage any reader. (I know I'm already itching to get my hands on book two!) It's one of my favorite reads this year and will be recommending to everyone I know.
*(I received an ARC from the publisher. All thoughts expressed are my own and was not required to write a review.)*